Oklahoma Contemporary
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Workshops

Summer! Session!
July 7 - August 31

Member registration: June 2, 10 a.m.
Non member: June 9, 10 a.m.


This isn't your typical wine-and-paint workshop! Join Studio School for an evening of grown-up fun. No art skills needed, but you can flex those social muscles as you pick up a new art-making skill. 21+ only, please. All supplies are included!

Interested in more than a single-night workshop? See all classes here.


Workshop Refund Policy
A full refund (100%) is issued only if a refund request is made at least 10 business days prior to the workshop. Requests must be made via email to studioschool@okcontemp.org No refund (0%) will be issued if a refund request is made within 10 business days prior to the workshop. No refunds will be issued if participants can't attend the rain date. Those ineligible for a refund may request an acknowledgment of a tax-deductible contribution in the amount of the unused tuition.

When signing up for a workshop, all students agree to abide by the policies set forth in the Student Handbook.


Workshop | Make a Textured Cup

  • Date 6-8:30 p.m., Thursday, July 17, 2025
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Liz Parham
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
SU25 Text Cup2

Have fun making a small textured cup perfect for drinking summer drinks. Make your friends think you're well hydrated and crafty. Pick up your fired and finished cup in about two weeks, we will call you when it's ready.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is July 31.

Workshop refund policy.

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Workshop | Candlestick on the Wheel

  • Date 6-9 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2025
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Elizabeth Wise
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
SU25 Candlestick

Hey ceramicists--do you need practice centering and collaring-in? This workshop is for you! You'll throw a solid smaller form, throw a hollow form, and throw a wider, flat base. Previous wheel experience required, otherwise you'll really gonna dislike these 3 hours.

Pick up your fired and finished candlestick in about two weeks, we will call you when it's ready.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 15.

Workshop refund policy

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Workshop | Upcycle T-Shirts

  • Date 6-8:30 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2025
  • Cost $65
  • Location Fibers Studios
  • Instructor / Presenter Kelli Howery
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
SU25 Upcycle T

Have a T-shirt that you love but it doesn't fit or is too ratty to wear outside your yard? Upcycle it! Learn to reshape it with some fun fabric and simple sewing.

Participants will bring their own sewing machine, t-shirt, and extra fabric.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is July 25.

Workshop refund policy

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Workshop | Make A Ceramic Lemonade Pitcher!

  • Date 6-9 p.m., Thursday, July 24, 2025
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Marissa Childers
  • Age Requirements 18+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
A white ceramic pitcher with light blue flowers

No experience necessary!
It's hot. You need a cold drank served from a fancy pitcher. We call it a lemonade pitcher but no one is gonna' stop you from filling that cutie with gin. Pick up your fired and glazed pitcher in about two weeks, don't worry we will call you when it's ready.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 7.

Workshop refund policy.

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Workshop | Make a Spoon Ring

  • Date 6-8:30 p.m., Friday, July 25, 2025
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Michele Pelletier
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
SU25 Spoon Ring

Transform a simple spoon or fork into a personalized piece of wearable art! Learn to create either a classic spiral or a stylish overlap ring. Bring your own silverplate, sterling silver, or thin stainless steel spoon or fork. Don't have a spoon or any forks to give? No biggie, you can purchase one from your instructor.

You'll learn to polish, measure, cut, grind, bend, and burnish in the shot tumbler. What? I don't even know what all that means, but you will! You might even experience the satisfying thud of flattening metal with a hammer. We won't stop you.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 1.

Workshop refund policy.

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Workshop | Ceramic Vase + Flowers

  • Date 6:30-9 p.m., Thursday, July 31, 2025.
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Kat Myers
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
SU25 Flower Vase

Ceramic flowers won't wilt, dry-up, or die! Make something pretty and dependable even if (especially if?) you feel dried up and a wee bit dead inside. Pick up your fired and finished flowers and vase in about two weeks, we will call you when it's ready.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 8.

Workshop refund policy

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Workshop | Make a Custom Broom

  • Date 6-9 p.m., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025
  • Cost $75
  • Location Fibers
  • Instructor / Presenter Martha Coates
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
SP25 Broom

Why shouldn't you have cool cleaning tools? Hang your custom broom on the wall, use it to sweep your steps in style or the next time someone tells you to clean up your act simply point to the broom and say, Done.

No experience necessary.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 8.

Workshop refund policy.

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Workshop | Date Night on the Wheel

  • Date 7-9 p.m., Friday, Aug. 8, 2025.
  • Cost $140
  • Location The Studios | Lynda and Chuck Nelson Wheel Throwing Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Liz Parham
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
Valentine Ghost

Reenact your favorite pottery scenes from the movie Ghost without the inconvenience of your significant other getting murdered. We can’t promise helpful advice from a psychic, but we do think you and your companion will have a great time learning to use the potter’s wheel and making a small bowl! No experience necessary.

You'll pick up your finished and fired bowl in about two weeks. Don't worry, we will call you when it's ready.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 15.

Workshop refund policy.

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Workshop | Wonky Star FPP

  • Date 10:30-1:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025
  • Cost $65
  • Location Fibers
  • Instructor / Presenter Lisa Smallwood
  • Age Requirements 18+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
SU25 FPP2

FPP (Foundation Paper Piecing) is a quilting technique that uses a paper template as a foundation to create precise, intricate & often unusual quilt blocks. Learn how to make a fun wonky star block you can use in the next quilt you make.

Please bring a working sewing machine. It is recommended that you've taken Amber Layne's Fuss Free Quilting class or have similar quilting experience.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 16.

Workshop refund policy.

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Workshop | Trinket Shelf

  • Date 6-8:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 15, 2025
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Kat Myers
  • Age Requirements 18+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
SU25 Trinket Shelf

Make a ceramic shelf to display your favorite stuff! Labubus or vintage Smurfs, all your lil' crip crap deserves a cute home.

Pick up your fired and finished trinket shelf in about two weeks, we will call you when it's ready.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 22.

Workshop refund policy.

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SU25_Workshop | Upcycle Jeans

  • Date 6-9 p.m., Friday, Aug. 15, 2025.
  • Cost $65
  • Location Fibers
  • Instructor / Presenter Kelli Howery
  • Age Requirements 18+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
SU25 Jeans2

Turn your old jeans into new bellbottoms by adding pieces of a quilt, afghan, vintage beach towel or whatever fabric you dig. Or, combine two pairs of jeans to make wiiiiiiiiiiide leg palazzo pants. Upcycle your jeans and shop you're own closet, you stylish beast.

Bring your own sewing machine (and your own pants).

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 22.

Workshop refund policy.

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Hours

Monday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Closed Tuesday

Wednesday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Thursday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Friday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

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Location

Visit us at 11 NW 11th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
Phone: 405 951 0000
Fax: 405 459 0551
info@okcontemp.org

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Oklahoma Contemporary
P.O. Box 3062
Oklahoma City, OK 73101

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